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Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Now the ToC will be even more interesting to follow. As all three recently added series seem like they could stay.
Who will be pushed further down in the ToC if 1 or 2 of the new series gets really popular?
And who will be the new bottom dweller? Cross Manage? Medaka Box? Or someone else? Hopefully not Hungry Joker...
I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

My bet at least from the looks of recent events is that Medaka box might end soon and as for Cross manage it seems to be hovering above the safe zone pretty well, the early spoiler said that HJ was dead last and at least some of our opinions here(mine included) is that it got better only in chapter 5 so maybe in Japan it was also like that and they just want to cover it up that the beginning flopped a little...I really cant get out of my mind though the DGM vibe I get from HJ which does makes me wonder how it's gonna sell.

BTW about World trigger has anyone read the oneshot and could give a little info about it, at least generes since it's not on Mangaupdates?

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by susanoo13

BTW about World trigger has anyone read the oneshot and could give a little info about it, at least generes since it's not on Mangaupdates?

The one shot was actually called Trigger Keeper. He seems to have changed the name slightly for serialization. As far as I know it was never translated. Nothing posted here, at least. Raws might be available somewhere on the internet, but a lot has changed since 2009, most of the sites that had the raws are gone now. No one even posted a synopsis here. It was supernatural/action story, with a modern day setting. Beyond that I can't tell you much.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Guys since Prince of Tennis kanzenban is ending either in February or March (Or April?.. Well the official web http://tenipuri-perfect.shueisha.co.jp/ already has the last cover so I guess it should end soon) did Shueisha announced what's the next kanzenban already? They announce it earlier, like a month or two in advance.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Huh, just when it had a nice comeback/rebound going last week... so I guess that ultimately makes it two weak starts from the last bunch with only Souma heading towards a brighter future.

Actually makes me wonder if Kiruko is in fact even less popular than Hungry Joker, which supposingly bombed with its first chapter? Not that it really matters because I can't see either making it past 40 chapters with their current momentum. :/

Still keeping my fingers crossed for HJ because it does have some potential to it... I guess... (If only Tabata would refrain from incoherently jumping from one battle to the next one without any real progression of the story in between. )

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

I'm still a bit doubtful of this whole "hungry joker at the bottom" business. Does Jump ever actually place a low-ranking series that high up for 3 consecutive weeeks? If so, why are they doing it for HJ but not for Kiruko-san, or Retsu!!, or for Cross Manage? It doesn't seem like Jump to be this arbitrarily nice to one particular unpopular series.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by HalcyonDigest

I'm still a bit doubtful of this whole "hungry joker at the bottom" business. Does Jump ever actually place a low-ranking series that high up for 3 consecutive weeeks? If so, why are they doing it for HJ but not for Kiruko-san, or Retsu!!, or for Cross Manage? It doesn't seem like Jump to be this arbitrarily nice to one particular unpopular series.

Well they did sort of doing something similar to Kuroko(though that series ultimately became popular anyway after the anime aired) but that was out of desperation for a new sports series. I doubt JUMP is quite that desperate for a new action series(especially since one of the two new ones coming soon is another action series so it's not like the well has totally dried out for them), but with the ends of Naruto and Bleach hanging over them who knows?

It's probably more likely that the poster lied though and Hungry Joker is doing decent though.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012-2013] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by HalcyonDigest

I'm still a bit doubtful of this whole "hungry joker at the bottom" business. Does Jump ever actually place a low-ranking series that high up for 3 consecutive weeeks? If so, why are they doing it for HJ but not for Kiruko-san, or Retsu!!, or for Cross Manage? It doesn't seem like Jump to be this arbitrarily nice to one particular unpopular series.

They are probably desperate for a new battle series to stick, I mean Naruto is ending this year, and Bleach is in it's final arc, and Medaka Box probably won't last in the magazine that much longer. That leaves only One Piece, Beelzebub, Toriko, and as the only battle manga left in the magazine (Hunter x Hunter serialization is much too spotty for me to include it despite it being my favorite series). And pretty much every new battle series they put in the magazine tends to bomb or lose popularity relatively quickly, I mean over the past 3 years Jump has serialized 10 new battle manga all of which have failed and eventually gotten cancelled. Now while those series were cancelled and got low ratings due to their quality, or due to other factors isn't the point. The point is that Jump has been known for decades as the most popular battle manga anthology and pretty soon they will barely have any battle manga whatsoever. Meanwhile Shonen Magazine and Shonen Sunday are becoming a pretty big threat to Jump as they have had some very successful battle manga recently that are even selling better than some of Jumps own titles. Magazine has Fairy Tail, Code:Breaker, Gamaran, and Nanatsu no Taizai all of which are popular battle manga that do decently enough to great in sales and the rankings, and Sunday has Magi (which has been a huge hit in both manga ratings, sales, and anime ratings and merchandise sales), JS Mushibugyo, Zettai Karen Children, and Area D. I'm pretty sure that Hungry Joker is doing terribly in the rankings (as it's an utterly terrible manga, and Japan reaction to it on 2ch has been terrible as well) but because Jump is so desperate and literally needing a hit battle manga in order to stay strong against their competition they are manipulating it's ranking in hopes that it will gain a fanbase,